Giuliani 2020 ballot suitcase idea was ‘false,’ claims ex-Trump US Attorney Pak

Kate Scanlon

June 13, 01:27 PM June 13, 01:27 PM

Byung J. “BJay” Pak, a former Atlanta-based U.S. lawyer who resigned soon after President Donald Trump pressured Georgia election officials to go after false allegations of election fraud, testified Monday that a purported suitcase of ballots in closely Democratic Fulton County was untrue.

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In the months right after Election Day, when Trump dropped to then-applicant Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani falsely claimed that Georgia election personnel engaged in ballot fraud.

Pak explained Attorney Typical Bill Barr questioned him to examine the claims to get ready him for a conference at the White Dwelling. Pak reported Barr had presently claimed he did not believe that there was evidence of systemic election fraud. But Pak explained he wished to have the specifics about the allegations produced by Giuliani, a onetime Trump law firm and former New York Town mayor. So, Pak said his office performed an investigation of the movie.

Pak said the so-referred to as suitcase was really “an official lockbox the place ballots have been retained secure.”

The clip circulated by Giuliani, who characterised it as a smoking cigarettes gun of fraud, was incomplete and out of context, Pak mentioned.

“We interviewed, the FBI interviewed, the men and women depicted in the video clip,” Pak reported, pinpointing that very little irregular transpired.

In penned testimony, Pak added that Giuliani’s claims "had been simply untrue and creating these types of a declare was reckless," introducing that the election workers were doxxed and threatened and required protection from point out legislation enforcement.

“The allegations manufactured by Mr. Guiliani were false,” Pak mentioned.